The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
10.24.2020 | Men's Tennis
Freshman Micah Braswell and sophomore Siem Woldeab reached the Flight 1 East semifinals and quarterfinals, respectively, on day two.
Waco, Texas – The Texas Men's Tennis team began singles competition on day two of the ITA Texas Regional Championships on Saturday with freshman Micah Braswell and sophomore Siem Woldeab reaching the Flight 1 East semifinals and quarterfinals, respectively.
Both Braswell and Woldeab won two matches, however Braswell has already qualified for the semifinals by means of a walkover. Braswell opened play with a win over Finn Bass of Baylor and followed with a victory over Dimitrios Azoidis of Texas Tech. Woldeab defeated K Yamanaka of Texas A&M-Corpus Chirsti and Ivailo Keremedchiev of Louisiana.
Junior Nevin Arimilli and sophomore Jacob Bullard also picked up first round wins with Arimilli downing Franco Ribero of Texas Tech, and Bullard advancing following a retirement by Isaac Arevalo of Texas Tech in a match Bullard was leading in the first set. Both players fell in their second match of the day with Arimilli doing so to Jacob Fearnley of TCU, and Bullard to Matias Soto of Baylor.
In the remainder of the first round, junior Chih Chi Huang retired against Sven Lah of Baylor, and freshman Leighton Allen was topped by Parker Wynn of Texas Tech. Allen then came up short in a superbreaker to Nick Stachowiak of Baylor in his second match.
Senior Payton Holden and sophomore Eshan Talluri both competed in Flight 2 with Holden moving to the East quarterfinals following a first-round bye and a win over Rahul Dhokia of Baylor. Talluri won his first match against Alejandro Hayen of UT-Arlington, but dropped his second against Reed Collier of Texas Tech.
Play will resume Sunday, starting with doubles at 9 a.m. CT. Score updates are available at https://courthive.com/t/36427
ITA Texas Regional Championships
Texas Results
Flight 1
East Round of 32
7 seed Micah Braswell (UT) def. Finn Bass (BU), 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-4
5 seed Siem Woldeab (UT) def. K Yamanaka (TAMCC), 6-2, 7-5
Nevin Arimilli (UT) def. Franco Ribero (TT), 7-5, 4-6, 6-4
Jacob Bullard (UT) def. Isaac Arevalo (TT), 4-3, retired
1 seed Sven Lah (BU) def. Chih Chi Huang (UT), 3-2, retired
Parker Wynn (TT) def. Leighton Allen (UT), 6-3, 1-6, 6-0
East Round of 16
7 seed Micah Braswell (UT) def. Dimitrios Azoidis (TT), 7-5, 6-4
5 seed Siem Woldeab (UT) def. Ivailo Keremedchiev (UL), 6-0, 7-5
Jacob Fearnley (TCU) def. Nevin Arimilli (UT), 6-3, 6-1
2 seed Matias Soto (BU) def. Jacob Bullard (UT), 6-2, 6-3
East Quarterfinals
7 seed Micah Braswell (UT) def. Jack Barnett (BYU), walkover
East Quarterfinals (Sunday, Oct. 25)
5 seed Siem Woldeab (UT) vs. 2 seed Matias Soto (BU)
East Semifinals (Sunday, Oct. 25)
7 seed Micah Braswell (UT) vs. Charlie Broom (BU)/Luc Fomba (TCU)
West Round of 16
Nick Stachowiak (BU) def. Leighton Allen (UT), 6-1, 1-6, 1-0 (1)
North Quarterfinals (Sunday, Oct. 25)
Nevin Arimilli (UT) vs. Sean Hill (BYU)
Jacob Bullard (UT) vs. Ivailo Keremedchiev (UL)
South Quarterfinals (Sunday, Oct. 25)
Leighton Allen (UT) vs. Angel Diaz Jalil (UTA)
Flight 2 Singles
East Round of 32
Eshan Talluri (UT) def. Alejandro Hayen (UTA), 6-1, 6-4
2 seed Payton Holden (UT) – BYE
East Round of 16
1 seed Reed Collier (TT) def. Eshan Talluri (UT), 6-4, 6-4
2 seed Payton Holden (UT) def. Rahul Dhokia (BU), 6-2, 6-2
East Quarterfinals (Sunday, Oct. 25)
2 seed Payton Holden (UT) vs. Daichi Akiyoshi (UTA)
North Quarterfinals (Sunday, Oct. 25)
Eshan Talluri (UT) vs. Karlo Kahin (UL)
